Sitting on the bus, a man is helped on. He says he can’t see, although he does not seem to have too much trouble moving around or slapping his Oyster card down. He says he’s disabled, cheerfully, as that’s the armour against the world. He sits down next to me and just starts to talk. […]
The Churches of Sir Christopher Wren
Yesterday, I used up one of my remaining holiday days to play tourist in London. Usually, holidays are used for holidays, somewhere else, but occasionally it’s nice to use one to explore my home town. The plan was made to tour the churches of Sir Christopher Wren. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, […]
2013 – Week 47
Winter is definitely here! it’s getting a bit cold out there. Not sure of it’s the cold but it was a very quiet week. Reading Not that musch this week. The NSA Files: Decoded from The Guardian. An assessment of the impact of the revelations about the NSA spying on everyone. Saints of the Shadow […]
My Media Consumption
I opened up iTunes this week, sometimes that does not happen too often. There was my full list of all the songs I had bought this year. A grand total of THREE. That’s it, just the 3 songs. When I mentioned this to colleagues, it seems that I’m not alone in my minimal of songs, […]
2013 – Week 46
Reading Charlotte Church – How women are routinely demoralized by the music industry. A look at her history in the industry and perspectives on sex, sex as art and sex as exploitation. Should also be read in conjuction with the series of Lily Allen interviews that are current. Catching a Blighty – Charles Stross. A […]
2013 – Week 45
Reading The Ofsted Report on Hogwarts. This is from earlier in the year and is a lot of fun. What would the regulatory bodies make of a school of Wizardry, especially one with such a high accident rate! Up in Arms (Tufts) A look back at the hstory of the US and how the different […]
2013 – Week 44
Week 44, the last week of October as the year slowly slips away Reading Thinking about 2014 social strategy, Paul Fabretti . Devices and audiences, key areas to understand. Ender’s Game, its controversial author, and a very personal history By Rany Jazayerli. Should you boycott the film given the book author’s personal views? Doing Friends […]
2013 – Week 43
The plan to do weekly blog posts lasted nearly 3 months, so it was a start. Let’s see if I can finish off the end of the year with weekly posts. Reading On holiday, I read a lot of books about Japan or by Japanese authors. When looking up what would be good to read, […]